When Love Comes to Town

~ Recording by U2 & B.B. King

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleCountry/Date
Official
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 1988-10-10 US
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 1988-10-10 DE
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 1988-10-10 SE
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 1988-10-10 GB
2.3When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 1988-10-17 AU
  • 1988-10-17 NZ
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 1988-10-30 JP
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum (BMG club edition, SRC pressing)
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
2.3When Love Comes to Town4:14U2Rattle and Hum
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum (BMG Music Club D 200596)
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
2.3When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
1.11When Love Comes to Town4:18U2 feat. B.B. KingHits of ’89, Volume 2
  • 1989-06-19 -
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:15U2Rattle and Hum
  • 1990-01-02 SE
  • 1990 XE
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:15U2Rattle and Hum
  • 1991-11-18 ZA
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 1991-11-18 ZA
1.4When Love Comes to Town4:21U2 & B.B. KingQ the Blues
1.1When Love Comes to Town4:18U2 & B.B. KingThe Chart Show Ultimate Blues
1.1When Love Comes to Town4:19B.B. King feat. U2Lucille & Friends
1.16When Love Comes to Town4:13B.B. King feat. U2Greatest Hits
  • 1998-08-25 US
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2 & B.B. KingThe Best of 1980–1990 & B‐Sides
  • 1998-10-28 JP
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990 & B-Sides (special edition)
  • 1998-11-02 AU
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2 & B.B. KingThe Best of 1980–1990 & B‐Sides (limited edition)
  • 1998-11-02 CA
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990 & B‐Sides
  • 1998-11-02 XE
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990
  • 1998-11-09 GB
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2 & B.B. KingThe Best of 1980-1990
  • 1998-11-10 US
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990
  • 1998-11-10 US
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990
  • 1998-11-10 CA
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990
  • 1998-11-10 ZA
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best Of 1980-1990
1.12When Love Comes To Town4:18U2The Best Of 1980-1990
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990 (BMG music club release)
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990
1.9When Love Comes to Town4:15B.B. King and U2His Definitive Greatest Hits
  • 1999-04-19 GB
1.6When Love Comes to Town4:13U2 feat. B.B. KingNow That’s What I Call Music! 1989: The Millennium Series
  • 1999-06-21 GB
1.9When Love Comes to Town4:15B.B. King & U2His Definitive Greatest Hits
1.9When Love Comes to Town4:13B.B. King & U2His Definitive Greatest Hits
1.9When Love Comes to Town4:15B.B. King with U2His Definitive Greatest Hits
2.12When Love Comes to Town (7" version)4:19B.B. King feat. U2Anthology
  • 2000-11-14 US
2.12When Love Comes to Town4:19B.B. KingAnthology (remastered)
2.1When Love Comes to Town4:15U2 feat. B.B. KingThe Natural Blues Album
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2 & B.B. KingThe Best of 1980-1990 & B-Sides
1.1When Love Comes to Town4:19B.B. King feat. U2Lucille & Friends
  • 2003-02-24 GB
1.9When Love Comes to Town4:15B.B. King with U2His Definitive Greatest Hits
51.12When Love Comes to Town4:14U2 & B.B. KingThe Complete U2
  • 2004-11-23 XW
24.12When Love Comes to Town4:14U2 & B.B. KingThe Complete U2
  • 2004-11-23 XW
1.19When Love Comes to Town (7″ version)4:18B.B. KingThe Ultimate Collection
  • 2005-03-15 US
1.19When Love Comes to Town (7" version)4:18B.B. KingThe Ultimate Collection
1.19When Love Comes to Town (7″ version)4:18B.B. KingThe Ultimate Collection
2.12When Love Comes to Town (7" version)4:19B.B. KingGold
  • 2006-06-27 CA
1.9When Love Comes to Town4:15B.B. King with U2His Definitive Greatest Hits
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990
  • 2008-05-13 -
1.16When Love Comes to Town4:13B.B. King feat. U2Greatest Hits
  • 2008-09-03 JP
2.1When Love Comes to Town4:19U2 & B.B. KingUltimate Blues
  • 2009-06-08 GB
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–2000
  • 2009-11-27 XE
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:14U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 2010-02-03 -
8.3When Love Comes to Town4:17B.B. King feat. U2Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. B.B. King
  • 2012-09-25 XE
4.2When Love Comes to Town4:18B.B. KingLadies and Gentlemen... Mr. B.B. King (smaller 4 CD set)
  • 2012 -
1.15When Love Comes to Town4:19B.B. King & U2The Life of Riley (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
2.6When Love Comes to Town4:19U2 & B.B. KingThe Life of Riley: The Soundtrack
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum (2015 Kiosk Collection)
  • 2015-10-25 ES
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:17U2 & B.B. KingThe Best of 1980–1990
  • 2017-04-14 XW
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:17U2 & B.B. KingThe Best of 1980–1990 & B‐Sides
  • 2017-04-14 XW
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:15U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 2017-05-26 -
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum
  • 2017-09-20 JP
2.4When Love Comes to Town?:??U2 & B.B. KingThe Best of 1980–1990
  • 2018-07-28 -
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2The Best of 1980–1990 (made in the E.U. by Cinram Optical Discs)
1.1When Love Comes to Town4:18U2 feat. B.B. KingWhen Love Comes to Town
Promotion
1.16When Love Comes to Town4:13B.B. King feat. U2Greatest Hits
1.9When Love Comes to Town4:15U2 and B.B. KingDuals
  • 2011-04 US
Bootleg
1.9When Love Comes to Town4:15B.B. King with U2Forever Gold
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 feat. B.B. KingRattle and Hum: The Collection
  • 2009 -
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:16U2 & B.B. KingRattle and Hum (deluxe edition)
  • 2021-08-31 US
1.15When Love Comes to Town4:15U2All the Best
1.12When Love Comes to Town4:18U2Greatest Hits 2000
1.1When Love Comes to Town4:16B.B. KingRed Rooster Blues Box 72
1.4When Love Comes to Town4:20U2 & B.B. KingThe Ultimate 7″ & 12″ Collection, Part VI

Relationships

recording engineer:Jack Clement (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
David Ferguson (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
assistant engineer:Randy Wine
producer:Jimmy Iovine
mixer:Rob Jacobs
Shelly Yakus
bass:Adam Clayton (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
drums (drum set):Larry Mullen, Jr. (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
guest guitar and guest vocals:B.B. King (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
guitar and keyboard:The Edge (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
background vocals:Helen Duncan (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
Phyllis Duncan (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
Rebecca Evans Russell (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
lead vocals:Bono (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
performer:B.B. King (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
U2 (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:Island Records Ltd. (in 1988)
Universal Island Records Ltd. (in 1988)
Island Records (in 2017)
recorded at:A&M Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)
purchase for download:https://music.apple.com/us/song/1440882278 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/1442802631 [info]
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/1S2gcnsNBBU9gjztgABQi8 [info]
https://open.spotify.com/track/2cpUudtTX7OU6DcoNTuxwB [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/2963257 [info]
https://www.deezer.com/track/347363401 [info]
streaming page:https://music.apple.com/us/song/1440882278 [info]
https://music.apple.com/us/song/1442802631 [info]
https://tidal.com/track/72536470 [info]
recording of:When Love Comes to Town (from 1987-02 until 1987-11)

Related works

When Love Comes to Town

lyricist:Bono
composer:U2
publisher:Blue Mountain Music Ltd
Mother Music
PolyGram International Music Publishing B.V.
Taiyo Music Inc.